{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2012-11-13", "page": 1, "text": "ALAMEDA GOLF COMMISSION\nMINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING\nTuesday, November 13, 2012\n1\nCALL TO ORDER\nChair Jane Sullwold called the regular meeting to order at approximately 6:36 p.m. at\nthe Chuck Corica Golf Complex, Ladies Lounge, 1Clubhouse Memorial Road,\nAlameda, CA 94502\n1-A\nROLL CALL\nPresent:\nChair Jane Sullwold, Commissioner Ray Gaul, Commissioner Bill\nSchmitz, and Commissioner Tim Scates\nAbsent:\nCommissioner Jeff Wood\nStaff:\nGeneral Manager John Vest\n1-B\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nThe minutes of the regular meeting of October 9, 2012, were approved\nunanimously.\n1-C\nADOPTION OF AGENDA\nThe Commission unanimously adopted the agenda.\n2\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n3\nCOMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n4\nWRITTEN/ORAL REPORTS\n4-A\nFacility report by John Vest\nJohn Vest stated that maintenance staff is still working to bring the staff up to a full\ncrew, at this time there are about 11 or 12. Edging and clean up are still being worked\non and getting the greens in better and healthier shape. Light topdress is being put\ndown and sand will be put on the south greens in the next couple of weeks.\nIn the month of September, there 11,250 rounds played, and in October there were\n9,171 rounds, both rounds being down a little bit from prior year.\n1\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Tuesday, November 13, 2012", "path": "GolfCommission/2012-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2012-11-13", "page": 2, "text": "The promotions being run are $35.00 after 11:00 and $35.00 after 2:00. The\nThanksgiving shotgun will be 8:00 on the north and 9:00 on the south. Tournaments\nare up about $30,000 over last year to date.\nChair Sullwold asked that future reports on rounds include a comparison to prior year\nrounds.\nChair Sullwold reported that an AWGC member mentioned difficulty seeing the parking\nlot lines, causing parking blockages. Commissioner Scates stated that in the lease\nagreement, the City is responsible for correcting it as it is right now, and then\nGreenway is responsible after. John Vest stated that some repair work had been done\na while ago, but that the lot needs to be repaved. Bob Wood stated that the drainage\nwould have to be addressed before repaving.\nBob Wood read a letter to the Golf Commission regarding the City's replacement of\nthe pump at the entrance to the Golf Complex and the inadequacy of remediation\nefforts to hide this area. His letter is attached. Chair Sullwold stated that when Public\nWorks made its presentation to the Golf Commission, the discussion was limited to the\nplants that would replace what had been removed to allow the work to proceed, and\nthat the plans for the scope of the work itself had already been approved and were in\nprocess. There was discussion whether this was before or after the Park Street trees\nhad been removed.\n4-B\nBeautification Program and Junior Golf Club by Mrs. Norma Arnerich\nBetsy Gammell stated that two memorial benches for the women's golf club have been\nplaced on the courses, one on Fry #7 and one on Clark #2.\n4-D\nGolf Complex Restaurant Report, Jim's on the Course\nDemetri Geanekos stated that new televisions have been installed, and they are\nbuilding a new tray outside to hold the condiments. He also stated that they are\nworking on a new renovation plan to present to the City Manager. Commissioner\nScates said he spoke with Tom last Friday and Tom discussed his concept. The\nMen's Club sent a letter to the City Manager, the Mayor and Tom, asking that they\nmove forward with negotiations. The City Manager said he would prefer to delay the\nproject until the South course is done, and the expiration of the lease to Jim's on the\nCourse so that the City could get more money for the lease.\nThere was discussion about whether toxic waste had been deposited when the land\nwas used as a dump site.\n2\nGolf Commission Minutes - Tuesday, November 13, 2012", "path": "GolfCommission/2012-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2012-11-13", "page": 3, "text": "5\nAGENDA ITEMS\n5-A\nStatus Report on Golf Complex Renovations, including Golf Commission\nrecommendations, if any.\nMark Logan's plan for the driving range was shown to the Commission. Greenway is\nwaiting for the grading permit to be approved; work should start probably late\nDecember. The plan was viewed and several items were pointed out. Work on the\nMif course will probably start sometime in March. The plans for the Clark course are\nbeing developed at this time.\n5-B\nUpdate on Golf Complex Finances\nNone\n6.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (Public Comment)\nNone\n7.\nOLD BUSINESS\nNone\n8.\nWRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n9.\nITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA\nStatus Report on Golf Complex renovations, including Golf Commission\nrecommendations, if any\nUpdate on Golf Complex Finances\nConsideration of new Golf Commission officers\n10.\nANNOUNCEMENTSIADJOURNMENT\nThe meeting was adjourned at 7:27 p.m.\nThe agenda for the meeting was posted seven days in advance in compliance with the\nAlameda Sunshine Ordinance, which also complies with the 72-hour requirement of the\nBrown Act.\n3\nGolf Commission Minutes - Tuesday, November 13, 2012", "path": "GolfCommission/2012-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2012-11-13", "page": 4, "text": "EXHIBIT \"A\"\nATTACHMENT TO GOLF COMMISSION MINUTES\nNOVEMBER 13, 2012\nTo the City of Alameda Golf Commission\n13 November 2012\nI must tell you that I am extremely disappointed at the new Waste Water Pump (or Sewage Lift)\nStation at the Clubhouse Memorial Road entrance. It drives another ugly stake into any chance\nto have a decent \"front door\" to the Municipal Golf Complex.\nI understand that a drawing was previously shown to the Golf Commission, showing how\nflowering ivy and some other plant material, adjacent to the new 6 ft. high fence, would shield\nviews of the new extensive piping and utility equipment from the vehicle/pedestrian entrance to\nthe Golf Complex.\nI'm concerned that the ivy will not fill in between the new fence vertical pickets (open spaces\nbetween pickets are 4\" wide) of a sufficient density that will yield the desired effect of completely\nscreening off views into the Pump Station.\nThere are two 20 ft. wide sliding gates, one onto Island Drive and the other directly onto\nClubhouse Memorial Road. In time, if ivy grows effectively on a significant portion of the\nstationary portion of that fence, that ivy may interfere with the passage of the gates as they slide\nopen past the adjacent 20-ft. of stationary fencing. What then?\nA new solid, cement plaster coated, concrete block 8-ft. high wall, surrounding a smaller\nenclosed Pump Station area, with a single access gate, would have been visually preferable to\nwhat is out there now.\nI\nthought that this pump station was going to be a relatively passive use, as it has been for\ndecades in the past. Now it has now taken over much more land than it ever occupied before\nand I fear that Public Works will eventually park vehicles and equipment in there on a regular\nbasis otherwise why the need for such an elaborate drive-thru arrangement? Recently, a large\narea has been paved, supporting that suspicion.\nHave you seen it at pre-dawn or at night? They must plan on performing outdoor open-heart\nsurgery there! There are two high intensity discharge (HID), high pressure sodium (HPS) vapor,\nlights illuminating the station at a total candle power level greatly exceeding anything in the main\nGolf Complex parking lot it may rival the Driving Range illumination level.\nOne of the lights is what the lighting industry refers to as a \"shoe box\"\npole-mounted fixture, that directs light generally downward and is normally considered not too\nintrusive to neighboring properties if the lamp wattage is not too high. But in this case, the\ninstalled brightness seems higher than necessary for even some other ultra-high security\ngovernment situations.\nThe second fixture is a \"barn light\" mounted high on a new antenna pole. That fixture directs\nun-shielded, very bright, industrial-type, light out toward Clubhouse Memorial Road.", "path": "GolfCommission/2012-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2012-11-13", "page": 5, "text": "Did the Planning Board ever look at this project, or did the Public Works engineers even invite\nthe Planning Board to pre-review the designs? The City Charter lists in Article XIV, Sec. 14-\n1 of the Planning Board's Powers and Duties, quote: \"It shall have power to investigate and\nrecommend plans for the future development, improvement and beautification of the City,\nincluding the location and improvement of public buildings and works (bold emphasis is\nmine)\nI appreciate that the new Waste Water Pump (Sewage Lift) Station was a necessary and crucial\nsolution to an infrastructure problem and the dictates of the EPA. Thanks to the engineers and\ncontractors for finally getting it done to satisfy those dual technical requirements. But sadly, the\ncurrent result badly misses opportunities to pay even minimal respect to the Golf Complex entry.\nAll in all, although it is no doubt a fine sewage pumping engineering solution, I believe that\nHarbor Bay Isle Associates/Ron Cowan could have coupled it with a far more sensitive and\nattractive Golf Complex entry design than this.\nWhy did the Golf Commission and/or other City agencies not take the time to consider more\nthoroughly how this project would negatively affect the aesthetics of the entry to our Golf\nComplex? Would any one of them ever consider trashing the appearance of the front door of\ntheir own house like this? Yes, this is the front door of our venerable 328-acre parkland! Would\nany other significant California city with any pride, treat the entry to such a prized possession so\nshabbily?\nIn a few weeks l'll try to submit some suggestions, visually, on how this current construction can\nbe hidden better from visitors to our Golf Complex, without compromising reasonable\nrequirements of the Public Works Dept. and the EPA.\nRobert M. Wood, AIA", "path": "GolfCommission/2012-11-13.pdf"}
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{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2012-11-13", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MEETING MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012\n1. CONVENE:\n7:03 p.m.\n2. FLAG SALUTE:\nBoard member K\u00f6ster\n3. ROLL CALL:\nPresent: President Zuppan, Vice-President Burton, Board\nmembers Ezzy Ashcraft, Knox White, and K\u00f6ster.\nAbsent: Henneberry\n4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION:\nItem 8, Minutes of the Regular meeting of September 10, 2012 continued to a future\nmeeting for staff review.\nVice-President Burton motioned to approve the continuance.\nBoard member Knox White seconded the motion.\nMotion carried, 4-0; Board member Ezzy Ashcraft abstained.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:\nTodd Falduti, Jamestown Properties, invited the Board members to the Ice Rink at\nSouth Shore Center on Thursday for free ice skating.\n6. CONSENT CALENDAR:\n6-A Zoning Administrator and Design Review Recent Actions and Decisions.\nBoard member Ezzy Ashcraft requested that the item be pulled for discussion.\n7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:\n6-A\nZoning Administrator and Design Review Recent Actions and Decisions.\nBoard member Ezzy Ashcraft inquired about the Design Review projects that are\npending approval.\nAndrew Thomas, Acting City Planner, stated that staff is trying to resolve issues with the\nneighbors on the project.\nBoard member Ezzy Ashcraft motioned to approve.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 1 of 5\nNovember 13, 2012", "path": "PlanningBoard/2012-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2012-11-13", "page": 2, "text": "Board member Knox White seconded the motion.\nMotion carried, 5-0; no abstentions.\n7-A\n1716 Webster Street - Design Review - PLN10-0153 - Delong Liu. Design\nReview for the construction of a new 2,434 sq. ft. convenience store in the C-C,\nCommunity Commercial Zone.\nMr. Thomas gave a brief description of the project, which was heard by the Board\npreviously on May 30, 2012.\nBoard member Ezzy Ashcraft asked about Condition 3-B, regarding the turning\ntemplates for tanker truck deliveries.\nMr. Thomas responded that the Public Works Department did not have issues with the\ncurrent design, but a final check at the building permit stage was requested.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster suggested that the brick continue down the face of the building to\nthe ground.\nBoard member Ezzy Ashcraft suggested that the bike racks be moved closer to the\nbuilding.\nDaniel Hoy, Architect, stated that the bike racks will be moved closer to the building and\nthe brick will continue down the building.\nPresident Zuppan stated that they need to be sure that there is landscaping in the buffer\narea and a door to access the area for maintenance.\nIt was suggested that a condition be added stating that there will be no deterioration to\nthe current truck circulation conditions.\nVice President Burton stated that he would like to see the transom sills match the finish\nand color of the windows as well as the column bases.\nBoard member Ezzy Ashcraft stated that the color and materials board should remain in\nthe Planning Department until the project is completed and receives final inspection\napproval.\nBoard member Knox White motioned to approve the project with the aforementioned\nconditions added.\nBoard member Ezzy Ashcraft seconded.\nApproved 5-0, no abstentions\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 2 of 5\nNovember 13, 2012", "path": "PlanningBoard/2012-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2012-11-13", "page": 3, "text": "7-B\n2201 South Shore Center- Use Permit - PLN12-0346 - Kohl's Department\nStores. Request for a modification to an existing Use Permit to expand Kohl's\noperating hours from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays\nyear-round, and to further extend operating hours during the holiday season as\nfollows: Open at 12 a.m. on \"Black Friday\", Open at 5 a.m. the day after\nChristmas. Previously approved holiday hours are proposed to remain the same.\nThe applicant is also proposing a modification to an existing Condition of\nApproval, which requires a revocation hearing if two violations of the Conditional\nUse Permit occur. The applicant proposes that this be modified to \"two\ndocumented violations within a one-month period\".\nMr. Thomas gave a brief description of the proposed changes to the existing Use\nPermit. He also mentioned that a letter signed by neighboring residents was received\nrequesting traffic improvements at the intersections of Otis Drive and Park Avenue and\nOtis Drive and Regent Street. He stated that the improvements would be good\nadditions to the area but mentioned that they are not completely linked to Kohl's and the\nhours that they are open.\nMaura O'Conner, Lawyer for Kohl's, stated that Kohl's will commit $3,000 towards the\nimprovements.\nTodd Falduti, Jamestown Properties, stated that they also would commit $3,000\ntowards the improvements.\nMatt Naclerio, Public Works Director, stated that the Public Works will put the request\non the schedule for roadway improvements. He mentioned that the improvements will\nnot be completed by the holiday season.\nBoard member Ezzy Ashcraft stated that in the resolution it mentions both South Shore\nCenter and Alameda Towne Centre.\nMr. Thomas said the verbiage would be corrected to reflect the South Shore Center\nname.\nMs. O'Conner stated that the reasoning for the extended hours is to stay competitive\nand serve the needs of their customers.\nLynn Nieto, store manager, spoke of the need to compete with other local store that are\nstaying open longer and to help the employees by allowing them to work longer hours\nand receive more pay.\nBoard member Knox White suggested that the Use Permit modification allow the store\nto remain open until 11:00 p.m. nightly to alleviate confusion.\nPresident Zuppan suggested that condition #5 \"In the event that the City documents two\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 3 of 5\nNovember 13, 2012", "path": "PlanningBoard/2012-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2012-11-13", "page": 4, "text": "violations of these conditions within a 12- month period, the City shall automatically set\na date for a revocation hearing before the Planning Board\" be changed to a 13 month\nperiod.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster feels that the 12-month period will be easier to track and\nremember.\nBoard member Knox White agrees that since the Use Permit can be called for review at\nany time the 12-month period is fine.\nMotion to approve the Use Permit as amended by Board member K\u00f6ster.\nSeconded by Board member Knox White.\nApproved 5-0, no abstentions\n7-C\nPublic Hearing on Draft North Park Street Area Zoning Ordinance\nAmendments, Design Review Manual, and Final Environmental Impact\nReport (EIR) - The Planning Board will consider approval of draft amendments to\nthe Zoning Ordinance and a draft Design Manual to regulate future development\nwithin the area bounded by the Oakland Alameda Estuary, Tilden/Lincoln, and\nOak Street (approximately 20 blocks of commercial, residential and industrial\nland uses).\nBoard member K\u00f6ster recused himself from the discussion as he lives in the district.\nMr. Thomas stated that the comment period on the Zoning Amendments has been\nextended to November 26, 2012 and final action will be taken by the Planning Board at\nthe January 15, 2013 (Tuesday) meeting. He gave a brief presentation pointing out the\nmajor changes and the five sub districts.\nPresident Zuppan opened the public comment period.\nPatsy Paul, resident, spoke in support of the Alameda Architectural Preservation\nSociety (AAPSO recommendations that the area not be zoned mixed use but remain\nresidential.\nKaren Bey, resident, stated that she is excited about the project and believes the\nrezoning will bring more tourists to Alameda. She also stated that she would like to see\na visitor's center located on Park Street to help attract people to town and would like to\nsee the City return to its roots as a resort destination.\nRobb Ratto, PSBA, questioned why drive-thru's need to be eliminated from the area\nstating that they should be reviewed on a case by case basis with approval being\ngranted through a use permit. He also stated that see through windows are not always\nfeasible for the business owner.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 4 of 5\nNovember 13, 2012", "path": "PlanningBoard/2012-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2012-11-13", "page": 5, "text": "7-D\nPublic Hearing on an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and a\nTentative Map for 53 Lots for 89 Residential Units at 1551 Buena Vista\nAvenue (APN72-384-21. The Planning Board will consider approval of an Initial\nStudy/Mitigated Negative Declaration for Marina Cove II, 53 lots for 89 residential\nunit and a Tentative Map within the area bounded by Ohlone Street, Buena Vista\nAvenue, Clement Avenue and Entrance Way (currently occupied by the Chipman\nCompany). The site is zoned R-4-PD, neighborhood residential with a Planned\nDevelopment overlay. Staff requests the Item be continued to November 26,\n2012.\n8. MINUTES:\nMinutes from the Regular meeting of September 10, 2012\nBoard requested continued to future meeting after additional staff review.\nMinutes from the Regular meeting of September 24, 2012 (Pending)\nMinutes from the Regular meeting of October 8, 2012 (Pending)\n9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS:\n9-A\nFuture Agendas\nAndrew Thomas, Planning Services Manager, provided an overview of upcoming\nprojects.\n10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:\nNONE\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS:\nPresident Zuppan, speaking on behalf of the Board, congratulated Board member Ezzy\nAshcraft on her successful bid for a City Council seat.\n12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nNONE\n13. ADJOURNMENT\n10:29 P.M.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 5 of 5\nNovember 13, 2012", "path": "PlanningBoard/2012-11-13.pdf"}